Bug Description

Binary package hint: gtk2-engines

The theming service which used to be managed gnome-settings-daemon crashes, reverting to <standard/classic/gray/ugly/squared> GTK default theme, plus gnome-settings daemon is showed as running on System Monitor.

This happen after seconds of login in user session and only when Ubuntu is virtualized with VMWare Fusion as Host.

Bug happens indistinctly of using open-vm-tools or vmware-tools from VMWare and also on classic desktop, also it is independent if user chooses between VMWare easy install (installing vmware-tools automatically on first start) or classic install.

Bug doesn't happen on live CD sessions or while installing.

VMWare Fussion Version 3.1.2 (332101).

I put it under gtk2-engines package as it is a theming bug, but I am almost sure that it is another package that I don't know.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer.

If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable apport in /etc/default/apport and restart.

Now open your file manager, navigate to your /var/crash directory and open the crash report you wish to submit.
If this fails you will have to open a terminal and file your report with 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash' where _my_crash_report.crash is the crash you would like to report. If you get an error that you aren't allowed to access this report you will have to file it with 'sudo ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash'.

I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

We need a backtrace in order to fix the issue, without it there's not much we can do, thanks again. and if you have any questions just ask.